I’m trying out an all-day lipcolor for the play. I usually have to reapply my color between scenes because my face somehow eats lipstick. I also tend to get it all over my chin. (I make some God-awful faces on stage.) In Comic Potential, I have to make kissy-face with another actor (my friend’s husband…awkward!), so I really need a lipcolor that will not budge.

For rehearsal last night, I tried Covergirl Outlast All-day Lipcolor in Ever Red-dy (#507). I followed the directions: letting the color dry for 60 seconds and then topping it with the moisturizing topcoat. I found the product surprisingly comfortable and the color didn’t fade or smear - not even after sleeping with it on. The color you see in these morning photos is from the night before! It’s a little dramatic for work, but I’m too lazy to take it off. Besides, I’m curious to know just how long the red will last.

I’m trying not to get all dramatic and pouty about having to wear a blazer over my outfit at work. It’s just too cold in my office without it. After teaching aerobics at lunchtime, I was briefly overheated and blazer-less, but I had to cover up for most of the day.

So, how do you keep up your energy during the run of a show? I'm in week two of our performances, with only three left. Between working all day and performing at night, I am completely wiped out. No energy to even look at my own blog. All I do is read others and watch bad TV on mtv.com. How do you manage to perform, work, AND look so great?

I love this outfit! And I miss Bitten. I keep hoping SJP will bring it back somewhere else. I like Revlon's Colorstay lipcolor. I used it yesterday. Put it on at 8:00 a.m. and most of it was still there at 10:00 p.m.

I wore a very similar dress today, and had just posted about it on my blog (http://carascloset.blogspot.com) before reading your post! I love the hair in pie pics... I've never been able to get mine to do that!

This tartan is very attractive, I remember that SJP wore tartan McQueen to the Met Ball once. The only thing that bothers me about Bitten is that it sells so cheaply and is made in China which makes me wonder about how much the people who sew it are paid...you look Fabulous and Happy (always good!)